Inticements

The thing I like most about my new house: the kitchen. It's open and spacious with a breakfast bar, which serves as a laptop station most of the time and nice built in shelves to show of my new goods.Now people just need to start visiting so we can entertain them in our new digs here in Santa Fe. My mom and Tim have already booked the last weekend in October and may be our first guests unless anyone else chooses to come before that - any takers?

How about some nice locally grown, organic green chile, still warm from the roasters on fresh baked bread with homemade goat cheese all just purchased from the farmer's market next door? Anyone interested yet?
Come on, we have a really nice guest bed in spare-oom and a second bathroom, and if you're really lucky someone might even cuddle with you:
Not on the floor of course. Scarlett will snuggle anywhere, anytime. It is her way.

So who's coming to Santa Fe???

Green Chile and Donkey Kong

It's official we're New Mexicans! We have been so busy and are just having an amazing time here in Santa Fe. So far we have walked down Guadalupe Street to the Cowgirl BBQ to play pool, enjoy a few PBRs on tap (OK, that's what Matt drank, I classed it up with a fat tire), and have dinner. It was awesome. On Saturday, we went to the farmer's market, which is currently located right next door to our house, and got all sorts of goodies including fresh roasted green chile - yum. Later that night we had more green chile and lots of local delicacies at a dinner at Justice Serna's house, where we met wonderful people who all treated us like family. Labor day we ventured down to the Plaza for an arts and crafts show and took little Scarlett with us. She did well, but still has lots of learning to do about how to behave in public. That night, Matthew and I walked next door to the DeVargas Center to see a movie at the little independent movie theater. We saw the documentary, The King of Kong: A fist full of quarters, which was really, really good. We are so happy to be in community with so much going and where we can walk everywhere again! Yesterday Matthew walked to his first day of work and Scarlett and I waved (and woofed) goodbye. Tomorrow we are going to the burning of Zozobra, a huge tradition in Santa Fe held during Fiesta, which is celebrated all this week. We are really excited!

purgatory

I am still in Riverside until Thursday to finish teaching, but my pup and my husband are already settling in to our new house in Santa Fe. While I am very sad to leave all of my friends and family in California, I am itching to get back and start my new life. I really miss my pooch.

Oh, and my husband, I miss him too.

Scarlett doesn't live here anymore

We've officially moved to Santa Fe - sort of.

clothing exchange

My friend Catherine held one of her semi-annual "clothing exchanges" last Sunday. The get-together served as a sort of going away party for me, because I was able to see lots of friends and catch up before we make the big move to Santa Fe. For those of you who have never been, a "clothing exchange" is an event where a bunch of women (or men) get together and bring clothes they no long want and put them into piles and everyone gets a chance to pick up some "new" clothes. We give whatever is left over to charity. I was able to give away lots of clothes and scored an excellent pair of khakis and a couple of shirts. I hear you can do the same thing with yarn - a "stash exchange". Sounds pretty sweet.

Cat modeling some of the "prizes"
Angie braving layers in 110 degree heat.
I think Caroline decided against this one because of the impossibility of undergarments.
I acctually brought this red dress which belonged to my step-mom's sister-in-law, but decided to take it back because it's costume party potential was just too huge.
How full of crap do I look? It's awesome.

serious cuteness

While I was packing I discovered an old bandanna that I used in college to try to hide my filth. I thought it would look smart on my pooch and I was right.Note: Check out that giraffe neck.

A-hole-nonymous

Thanks to some total A-Hole who we know only as "Anonymous" all comments will now have to be approved by me and if the problem continues I may have to have all who leave comments be registered users, so people like my dear sweet mother, the kind of people I write this blog for, would have to register to leave comments. Thanks Anonymous, thanks a bunch for being a total looser with no life and nothing better to do than leave nasty comments on my little blog that I write for my friends and family.